Steve Conan Trustrum wrote:Sorry for not popping by to say anything for such a long time.

Everything is still in the works but has been slowed to a crawl by a number of things that have seen Misfit Studios overall put on a back burner for the moment, not the least of which is preparing to get married next month. I expect to be able to put a LOT more of my time back into Misfit Studios once I'm hitched. The first step will be converting over the more important 2e content, starting with Better Mousetrap, our main rules supplement.

Steve Conan Trustrum wrote:Sorry for not popping by to say anything for such a long time.

Everything is still in the works but has been slowed to a crawl by a number of things that have seen Misfit Studios overall put on a back burner for the moment, not the least of which is preparing to get married next month. I expect to be able to put a LOT more of my time back into Misfit Studios once I'm hitched. The first step will be converting over the more important 2e content, starting with Better Mousetrap, our main rules supplement.

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Steve Conan Trustrum wrote:Now that the wedding is over, conversion of Better Mousetrap to 3e is underway. Aside from the converted materials, there will also be some updates and new content, as well as some new art from Eric.

Sounds like a winner, I look forward to having the print version on my bookshelf

I've been looking into converting Metahuman Martial Arts to 3E for no other reason that I like the material so much I can't bear to just let it go. Among other things I found is that there isn't much difference and it looks like a lot of the material can be used as is. Although I can see at least one advantage that needs to be put back after being reworded slightly and that's Improved Block. Basically Improved Block needs language that it enhances your Fighting ability, which in turn ups your Parry defense, or apply the bonus directly to your Parry Defense. It still does not stack with Deflect but it never did.

Steve Conan Trustrum wrote:Now that the wedding is over, conversion of Better Mousetrap to 3e is underway. Aside from the converted materials, there will also be some updates and new content, as well as some new art from Eric.

This sounds really cool - any further plans to update other products to 3e?

Other things have been sort of kicking my ass, including putting together my first miniatures wargame ruleset, but Eric and I chatted last week about Better Mousetrap and we both want to ramp up the attention it's getting. So, after spending a lot of time in the skills section (it was about 4 pages in BMT 2e and is now over 50 pages long, so lots of additional writing was required instead of just converting), the advantages are done and I'm into the powers.

As for Hero Lab, it's something I still want to do but, to be honest, I just haven't had the time to dig into the nuances of all the coding required.

PhelanMahoney wrote:Among other things I found is that there isn't much difference and it looks like a lot of the material can be used as is.

Anything other than related to Improved Block?

Have you tried looking through Better Mousetrap the same way?

There's going to be major changes involved when I get into Metahuman Martial Arts. The way 3e power builds work will make the nature of maneuver building different, for one. As for Better Mousetrap 2e, some of the stuff pretty much slides over into 3e, but I think people will be surprised by some of the stuff that has been changed. Some of the changes are also being made out of more than necessity--some changes are being done because 3e allows them to work in different ways. BMT 3e is also going to add some new and expanded stuff, so it's not just a straight conversion. The conversion process has made it into the archetypes, for example, which include a lot of additional writing to bring them in line with the villain archetype format 3e has been working with.

Being a small press publisher (aka, one man operation), priorities often shift around and change necessarily. Things really slowed down last year due to some bad personal stuff and this year due to some great personal stuff(also known as the bane of my evening's rest, my newborn son, as well as a new project that's dragging Bill Coffin back into the industry to help out.)

Anyway, Eric has sent me the new cover rough and it looks good, and I'm back to digging through the Better Mousetrap manuscript. I'm currently converting organizations and am pushing ahead as fast as possible. Still, the biggest speed bump is going to be art. Eric wants to retouch some of the previous art, and we need some new art for all the new content.

I'm planning on some character releases -- one good guy and one bad guy per product -- so that may be a good opportunity to begin releasing bits and pieces of the BMT 3e content.

Just to piggy back on Steve's comments, and yes I'm a bit biased in my opinions, Steve puts out a quality product, that I think is well worth the money. If you get a chance, pick up one of his previous books and take a look, I think you'll like what you see, so I'm looking forward to checking out his revised/new stuff.